between the three core labor force states, employment, unemployment, and inactivity. The dynamics of these transitions depend … Germany, all demographic cells are almost entirely detached from the cycle. Women are less influenced by the cycle in their re-employment … rate from unemployment to employment. -- Labor force ; unemployment dynamics ; business cycle ; worker heterogeneity …

service on lifetime earnings, wages, and employment are obtained by comparing men born before July 1, 1937 (the "White Cohort …